How to watch Giro d'Italia 2025 – Live streams, TV coverage, broadcasters

Watch the Giro d'Italia as the first men's Grand Tour of the season takes place over 21 stages from May 9 to June 1, with all the details here on live streams and TV broadcasts, wherever you are in the world. 

The Grand Tour racing season began on May 9 with the Giro d'Italia as the Italian Grand Tour kicked off with a trio of stages in Albania, where Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) was the stand-out rider, taking the first and third stage wins and the maglia rosa. Then once on Italian soil, he won a third stage on stage 5 in Matera.

The Giro d'Italia route includes mountain stages in the Alps and Dolomites before a finish in Rome. On stage 9 to Siena, Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) took the first pink jersey for Mexico and continued in the lead through stage 16.

The main 2025 Giro d'Italia contenders facing Del Toro include Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) and Simon Yates (Visma-Lease A Bike). Primoz Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) crashed on two stages and pulled out of the GC picture with a DNF on stage 16.

Other major names on the start list include Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), Tom Pidcock (Q36.5), and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek).

The race is available on several platforms across the world, with live streaming options as well. Read on for all the details on how to watch the Giro d'Italia online, on TV, and from anywhere.

What time is the Giro d'Italia on today?

On Saturday, May 31, the final showdown of the 2025 Giro d'Italia comes with the massive ascent of the Col delle Finestre preceding the last summit finish of the race at Sestreière.

The 205 kilometre stage will be the last chance for Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) to try to snatch the maglia rosa from the shoulders of Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates XRG).

The undulating build up to the Cima Coppi has two classified ascents, the category four Corio and category 2 Colle del Lys, but the 18.5km Finestre is expected to be the best opportunity for GC attacks.

With an average grade of 9.2% and stretches that kick up to 14%, it's a punishing climb with the Red Bull time bonus sprint spicing up the action with 4.3km to go before the summit.

The stage starts in Verrès at 10:50 CEST (19:50 BST / 4:50 EDT) and finishes in Sestrière at approximately 16:11 CEST (15:14 BST / 10:14 EDT).

Can I watch the Giro d'Italia for free?

The 2025 edition of the Giro d'Italia is being broadcast for free in Australia, as well as in numerous European countries. 

SBS has the rights to the Giro d'Italia in Australia, with all 21 stages available through the SBS On Demand free streaming platform.

In the host country of Italy, the Giro d'Italia is, as ever, in the hands of the public broadcaster RAI, with the stages on RAI 2 or RAI Sport on TV, and all through RAI Play online.

In Switzerland, public broadcaster SRG has the rights, with the Giro d'Italia to be shown on RSI La 2, which can be streamed online via the RSI website.

Not in one of these countries right now? Geo-restrictions apply, but if that's where you usually watch your cycling, then you can still get your access by using a VPN - more on that below.

How to watch the Giro d'Italia from anywhere

Travelling outside your home country during the Giro d'Italia? Don't worry about the geo-restrictions most streaming platforms use. You can always employ a VPN for a safe way to access your streaming accounts from another country.

A Virtual Private Network is a piece of software that sets your IP address to make your device appear to be in any country in the world. Provided it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs, you can use a VPN to unblock your usual streaming services from anywhere in the world. What's more, it helps with playback speeds and is a huge boost for your general internet security. 

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How to watch the Giro d'Italia in the UK

Fans in the UK can watch the Giro d'Italia through TNT Sports and Discovery+.

For TV viewers, the specific TNT Sports channel will vary daily. Online, all 21 stages are available to watch on the Discovery+ streaming platform. 

You can get TNT Sports on your TV through various pay-TV packages, while Discovery+ subscriptions cost £30.99 a month.

How to watch the Giro d'Italia in the USA

The Giro d'Italia has live coverage in the USA on the streaming service Max. 

There have recently been some changes to Max's pricing, so the cheapest plan that includes cycling (the 'standard' plan) now costs $16.99 a month)

How to watch the Giro d'Italia in Canada

In Canada, the Giro d'Italia is being shown live on the cycling streaming service FloBikes.

A subscription to Flobikes, which has pretty much every race you could wish to want for Canadian viewers, costs $39.99 a month or $203.88 for the year. 

Can I watch the Giro d'Italia in Australia?

Fans in Australia can tune in to SBS to watch the Giro d'Italia for free. 

All 21 stages of the Giro are set to be broadcast on SBS VICELAND on TV, and the SBS On Demand streaming platform online. 

2025 Giro d'Italia stage start and finish times

Giro d'Italia 2025: Full list of broadcasters

Regional

• Eurosport, MAX (Europe)
• DirecTV (Latin America)
• SuperSport (Africa)
• Staylive (MENA, New Zealand, Africa)
• Rushmore (Caribbean, 12 stages live)

National

• TNT Sports, Discovery+ (UK)
• MAX (US)
• FloBikes (Canada)
• SBS (Australia)
• RAI (Italy)
• NOS (Netherlands)
• RTBF (Belgium)
• VRT (Belgium)
• LN24 (Belgium, stage 3)
• L'Equipe TV (France, highlights only)
• ARD ZRF (Germany)
• SRG (Switzerland)
• Planet TV (Slovenia)
• EITB (Spain)
• RTSH (Albania, stages 1, 2, 3)
• JSports (Japan)
• Zhibo TV (China)
• Caracol TV (Colombia)
• RCN (Colombia)